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Digitally transform your business and power digital applications by unlocking your business data and assets as APIs. Create, manage, secure & socialize all your APIs across clouds to power digital applications with a market-leading & scalable API Management solution.
Overview
Value of IBM API Connect: As businesses embrace their digital transformation journey, APIs become critical to unlock the value of business data and assets. With the increasing adoption of APIs, consistency and governance are needed across your business. Full-lifecycle API management can help you create, manage, secure, and socialize your ecosystem of APIs, and implement a robust API strategy.
API Connect as a Service offers two tiers: API Connect Standard tier and API Connect Premium tier. The Standard tier includes the full lifecycle API Management capabilities with built in policies for data transformation. The Premium tier includes every feature in the Standard tier as well as advanced data transformation policies (XSLT, GatewayScript and Custom Policies) delivered through a single tenant (isolated) API Gateway. You have the ability to upgrade from a Standard tier to an Premium tier at anytime. We encourage you to schedule a live demo to learn more about both tiers of API Connect https://ibm.biz/apiconnect-demoÂ
Create APIs: Accelerate API creation with an intuitive user experience to expose data, microservices, enterprise applications, and SaaS services through open standards. Improve developer productivity and API quality using integrated developer tooling and automated test generation. Learn more about creating APIs: ibm.biz/create-apis
Manage APIs: Rapidly organize, publish, and analyze your APIs with governance and version control across the API lifecycle. Organize many types of APIs into API products with full control over visibility for consumers. With out-of-the-box dashboards, you can easily analyze your ecosystem of APIs and gain insights, such as identifying APIs best suited for monetization. Learn more about managing APIs: ibm.biz/manage-apis
Secure APIs: Reduce cybersecurity risks and protect your data and business assets with an enterprise-grade encrypted gateway near your cloud-native apps & microservices. Accelerate time to value with easy-to-apply, pre-built policies to secure, control and mediate the delivery of APIs. Learn more about securing APIs: ibm.biz/secure-apis
Socialize APIs: Increase developer productivity and get more value out of your APIs by ensuring your developer communities can easily discover, explore and consume APIs across your ecosystem. Encourage API reuse and innovation through branded and customized self-service portals and community-building features such as blogs, ratings and forums. Learn more about socializing APIs: ibm.biz/socialize-apis
Premium tier capabilities:
The Premium tier includes all full lifecycle API management capabilities from the Standard tier with added data transformation through custom code policies (XSLT, GatewayScript and Custom Policies). The Premium tier provides a single tenant API Gateway which allows you to create and use custom policies for re-usable functions across your APIs. Additionally, global policies can be set to standardize API development.
Pricing and upgrades: For custom pricing and sales inquiries or for AWS accounts outside the United States, please contact IBM Sales https://ibm.biz/apiconnect-privateoffer It is easy and flexible to upgrade to a higher dimension within an offering or from the Standard tier to the Premium tier at anytime. For additional details about API Connect tiers, pricing, and upgrade, please visit the subscription terms page in the documentation ibm.biz/subscription-terms
Highlights
- Expand brand reach by publishing APIs to tap into a broad developer community.
- API Connect trial and enterprise are deployed in the following 5 data centers: US-East, EU-Frankfurt, UK-London, IN-Mumbai, and AU-Sydney. Expand brand reach by publishing APIs to tap into a broad developer community. Enable digital business through new channels for partners and monetizing data.
- To get a walk-through of API Connect on AWS, schedule a live demo with one of our product experts: https://ibm.biz/apiconnect-demo
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
|---|---|---|
100K API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $996.00 |
500K API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $3,000.00 |
1M API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $5,004.00 |
10M API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $7,104.00 |
25M API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $8,580.00 |
50M API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $9,000.00 |
75M API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $10,080.00 |
100M API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $12,000.00 |
250M API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $18,000.00 |
1.2B API Calls per year | API Connect aaS Standard tier | $30,240.00 |
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API Lifecycle Management
Full-lifecycle management capabilities for creating, managing, securing, and socializing APIs across different environments
API Security Gateway
Enterprise-grade encrypted gateway with pre-built security policies for protecting cloud-native apps and microservices
Data Transformation
Advanced data transformation capabilities using XSLT, GatewayScript, and custom policy implementations
Developer Tooling
Integrated development tools with automated test generation and support for exposing data, microservices, and enterprise applications
API Governance
Version control, visibility management, and analytics dashboards for organizing and analyzing API ecosystems
API Design Standards
Multi-protocol support with built-in validation and compliance checks for consistent API design across development teams
Governance Framework
Robust design rules and automated validation mechanisms to enforce API quality and standardization
Collaboration Infrastructure
Centralized workflow with real-time updates, advanced feedback capabilities, and version control for team coordination
Integration Capability
Gateway-agnostic approach with direct Amazon Web Services integration for comprehensive API lifecycle management
Development Workflow
Streamlined API design, testing, and documentation process with automated compliance and quality control mechanisms
API Workflow Management
Comprehensive platform for integrating tools and processes related to API development, management, publishing, and consumption
Authentication and Access Control
Enterprise-level administration controls including third-party SSO, SAML, SCIM, RBAC, and User Groups management
Collaborative Development Environment
Real-time workspace sharing with internal and external teams, enabling single source of truth for API development
API Collection Management
Organized system for managing, documenting, testing, and reusing API elements throughout development lifecycle
AI-Powered Development Tools
Agent Mode and AI Tooling Suite enabling natural language prompts for API creation, testing, and debugging with LLM evaluation capabilities
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Francis C.
A solid API management platform that works well for basic to moderately complex solutions
Reviewed on Jun 17, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
- It offers a good balance of features, security, and usability.
- It has a User-Friendly Interface.
- Solid for Mid-Level Use Cases
- It has a User-Friendly Interface.
- Solid for Mid-Level Use Cases
What do you dislike about the product?
Learning Curve for New Users is a little high. While the interface is well-structured, beginners or those without prior exposure to IBM’s ecosystem may find the initial learning curve steep.
Occasional Bugs:
The platform does occasionally exhibit bugs or inconsistencies, which can impact the developer experience. Most issues are manageable, but they can be frustrating during critical development phases.
Occasional Bugs:
The platform does occasionally exhibit bugs or inconsistencies, which can impact the developer experience. Most issues are manageable, but they can be frustrating during critical development phases.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mainly centralized API management, Security and Access control.
KANCHAN CHALASANI
Development efficiency increases with API gateway's security and integration features
Reviewed on Apr 17, 2025
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
I primarily use IBM API Connect as an API Gateway to expose enterprise APIs to the outside world. Most applications I have worked with consume APIs deployed as part of the API Gateway for internal use.
What is most valuable?
Some of the best features of IBM API Connect are the Two-Way SSL and features similar to those in IBM DataPower Gateway . The key difference is how APIs are interacted with and bundled as a product. The API Gateway eases the development of REST APIs but retains the security features of IBM DataPower Gateway . It offers significant development efficiency, reducing man-hours from eighty to four when creating APIs.
What needs improvement?
When comparing API Gateway with DataPower Gateway, several features in DataPower Gateway are absent in the APIC layer. Examples include the lack of connectivity to MQÂ . Custom code is required to connect to MQÂ and exchange messages. Enhancements for segregating APIs based on domain are needed. Auto-approval of APIs for non-prod environments has been requested. These were not developed in version 10.5.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
The initial setup of IBM API Connect is straightforward. Although version five was tedious, version ten doesn't take much time for infrastructure setup, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Production-ready deployment in multiple sites can take about a week with high availability.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability up to nine, almost ten. The runtime engine for the APIC Gateway is still a DataPower component, which has been stable in the industry for about fifteen years. Stability is evident in the transaction execution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
With container versions, scaling up or down the gateways deployed into pods is a two to three-minute task for the operations team. It is not complex. The introduction of container versions has simplified scaling.
How are customer service and support?
Support is excellent when it comes to APIC. However, the performance issues with containerized versions of DataPower, observed during migration from legacy VMware to OpenShift Container Platform, have affected the extent of support.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
The company where I work did not have an API Management solution before choosing IBM. We evaluated MuleSoft and Apigee but opted for IBM API Connect due to pre-existing IBM Middleware infrastructure.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is not complex. While version five was somewhat tedious, version ten requires less time to build infrastructure, both on-prem and in the cloud. Production-level deployment would take about a week to achieve.
What about the implementation team?
The deployment shouldn't take more than one resource with approximately a week's effort.
What was our ROI?
Development efforts minimized significantly. Reducing development hours from eighty to four for an API was possible due to reusing existing scripts from DataPower.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing depends on how many instances run across environments. I don't deal with licensing, but compared to other IBM products, the licensing is not significantly higher.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing IBM API Gateway, we evaluated MuleSoft and Apigee .
What other advice do I have?
IBM API Connect was chosen mainly for its compatibility with existing scripts and frameworks, minimizing development effort, especially in aspects like authentication, logging, and auditing. I would definitely recommend it. Overall, I rate it nine out of ten.
Satish K.
I am a senior software developer. I have worked as full stack developer and DevOps Engineer
Reviewed on Dec 07, 2024
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I love security features and features like rate limiting and throttling
What do you dislike about the product?
UI can be improved and pricing is a bit higher comparatively
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Overall API creation and management. It helps us in security and scalability of our APIs.
Kiran D.
best for API Management life cycle
Reviewed on Nov 28, 2024
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
IBM API Connect is IBM Cloud based technology useful for API management lifecycle including development and administration.
What do you dislike about the product?
Limitations of Analytics data extraction
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For SOAP and RESTful APIs, API development and management is easy with IBM API connect. IBM Analytics helps to keep the data for monitoring and troubleshooting.
Harshit B.
Clean and organised monitoring of API!
Reviewed on Nov 27, 2024
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Recently i got the oppurtunity to work with IBM API Connect, It comes very handly for management and deployments of API's.It provides seamless tools for API managing and developement, thoughout the API lifecycle starting from design to deployment and deprecation of API.
What do you dislike about the product?
Though it provision end to end platform for management of API but still i feel more tutorials and walkthroughs can help beginners to learn the API integration faster.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using the build in tools offered by IBM API connect, we designed API for accessing product details and fetch order history, the design phase was quite easy, special thanks to OpenAPI support and also it helped us to deploy API gateway.